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On Sat, 2014-02-01 at 19:57 +0000, bad apple wrote: > On 01/02/14 19:45, bad apple wrote: > > Or did you say that the laptop's screen is physically broken? > > Ok, I re-read your email more carefully and it isn't broken. But it is > now booting up from cold fully dimmed right, so even the BIOS doesn't > display? Can you use the Fn keys to raise brightness during the initial > POST? I can think of lots of reasons why whichever Linux you're using > might be accidentally starting fully dimmed (recent kernels have had > 'issues' with the notoriously flaky Intel GMA chipsets) but it's > definitely less clear why even the BIOS would be starting up like that, > before the OS gains control. That would seem to indicate a hardware > issue - you've obviously recently taken it apart so perhaps a lead or > ribbon was accidentally left partially connected or something has shaken > loose? No it has worked fine for about 3 months after the fan and Ram, It does a fast boot so no bios shown ( a red herring) Yes to OS after update came up with the Display fully Dimmed. > > No idea what's up with your weird rotated screen issue either, although > it's presumably also because something else more fundamental is wrong. > If you can get into your BIOS, check and see if it has any settings for > brightness and if so, make sure they're not set to Auto. Usually you can > select User Controlled or similar, which should allow you to toggle the > screen brightness as usual with the correct Fn keys even during boot. > > Regards > Its a mutually exclusive selection of display choices, If I try Mirrored, I only get 600x800 on both. If I sw off Laptop display I get all the TV sizes res'es and rotation choices. If I have both on I only get laptop display AC or Cw rotation ( not normal) and only get two choices of res. Its not a problem as I have the laptop display off currently, and am viewing a full res TV display watching the Xmas Lectures from get_iplayer, so an interesting exercise has refound my ee pc display (by accident) and I got a internet type telly? -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) A dedicated Linux user /usr/bin/microsoft Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq